Querystring search on special characters

[gabriel_tessier]

Hi @diliprajamani1

The problem is that query string use the lucene syntax and "!" is a special characters, that you need to escape.

Lucene supports escaping special characters that are part of the query syntax. The current list special characters are

• • && || ! ( ) { } ^ " ~ * ? : \

http://lucene.apache.org/core/3_4_0/queryparsersyntax.html#Escaping%20Special%20Characters

Here a similar discussion:

Escaping Special Characters in Wildcard Query

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